plasmodiocarp

[ plaz-moh-dee-uh-kahrp ]

noun

, Mycology.

1. a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plasmodiocarp¹

First recorded in 1875–80; plasmodi(um) + -o- + -carp

Example Sentences

The fructification appears to be isolated in each case; the entire plasmodium consumed in a single plasmodiocarp.

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Distinguished from Perichna by the terete plasmodiocarp and by the more spinulose capillitium.

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Sporangia always sessile, simple and regular or plasmodiocarp, sometimes united into an thalium.

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Plasmodiocarp an irregular patch, one to several centimeters in extent, the strands of the net about .5 mm.

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A single reticulate plasmodium is usually converted without change of form into an individual plasmodiocarp.

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